UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA /juːˈeɪfə/ yoo-AY-fə; French: Union des Associations Européennes de Football;[lower-alpha 1] German: Vereinigung Europäischer Fußballverbände)[lower-alpha 2] is the administrative body for football, futsal and beach soccer in Europe. It is one of six continental confederations of world football's governing body FIFA. UEFA consists of 55 national association members.

Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
AbbreviationUEFA
Formation15 June 1954 (1954-06-15)
Founded atBasel, Switzerland
TypeFootball organisation
HeadquartersNyon, Switzerland
Coordinates46.371009°N 6.23103°E / 46.371009; 6.23103
Region served
Europe
Membership
55 full member associations
Official languages
English
French
German
(other main but not official: Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish) [1]
Aleksander Čeferin[2]
First vice-president
Karl-Erik Nilsson
Vice-presidents
Sándor Csányi
Luis Rubiales
Fernando Gomes
Michele Uva
General secretary
Theodore Theodoridis
Main organ
UEFA Congress
Parent organization
FIFA
Websiteuefa.com
FIFA confederations
AFC, CAF, CONCACAF
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA

UEFA represents the national football associations of Europe, runs nation and club competitions including the UEFA European Championship, UEFA Nations League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, planned UEFA Europa Conference League, and UEFA Super Cup, and controls the prize money, regulations, and media rights to those competitions.

Henri Delaunay was the first general secretary and Ebbe Schwartz the first president. The current president is Aleksander Čeferin, a former Football Association of Slovenia president, who was elected as UEFA's seventh president at the 12th Extraordinary UEFA Congress in Athens in September 2016, and automatically became a vice-president of the world body FIFA.[3]

History and membership
UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland

UEFA was founded on 15 June 1954 in Basel, Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations.[4] At the founding meeting, 25 members were present. However, 6 other associations which were not present were still recognised as founding members, bringing the total of founding associations to 31.[5] UEFA grew to more than 50 members by the mid-1990s, as new associations were born out of the fragmentation of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia into their constituent states.

Until 1959 the main headquarters were located in Paris, and later in Bern. In 1995, UEFA headquarters were transferred to Nyon, Switzerland.

UEFA membership coincides for the most part with recognition as a sovereign country in Europe (48 out of 55 members are sovereign UN member states), although there are some exceptions. One UN member state (Monaco) and one UN observer state (Vatican City) are not members. Some UEFA members are not sovereign states, but form part of a larger recognised sovereign state in the context of international law. These include Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales (countries of the United Kingdom), Gibraltar (British Overseas Territory), the Faroe Islands (constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark), and Kosovo (state with limited recognition), however in the context of these countries government functions concerning sport tend to be carried at the territorial level coterminous with the UEFA member entity.

Some UEFA members are transcontinental states (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey) and others are considered part of Europe both culturally and politically (Armenia and Cyprus). Countries which had been members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) were also admitted to the European football association, particularly Israel (because it had been banned from the AFC group in 1974) and Kazakhstan.

Additionally some UEFA member associations allow teams from outside their association's main territory to take part in their "domestic" competition. AS Monaco, for example, takes part in the French League (though a separate sovereign entity); Welsh clubs Cardiff City, Swansea City and Newport County A.F.C. participate in the English League; Derry City, situated in Northern Ireland, plays in the Republic of Ireland-based League of Ireland and the 7 native Liechtenstein teams play in the Swiss Leagues, as Liechtenstein has no internal league and only a cup competition.

National teams represented by UEFA are known for being successful throughout the history of the FIFA World Cup. Out of 21 tournaments so far, European teams have won 12 World Cup titles. Italy and Germany have four titles each, followed by France with two titles and England and Spain, winning once each. The current champion is France, which won its second title at the 2018 tournament in Russia. The national associations of these countries also are responsible for organizing the so-called "Big Five European Leagues", consisting of Spain's La Liga, England's Premier League, Germany's Bundesliga, Italy's Serie A and France's Ligue 1.

Executive Committee

Members
CodeAssociationNational teamsFoundedFIFA
affiliation		UEFA
affiliation
ALB Albania193019321954
AND Andorra199419961996
ARM Armenia199219921992
AUT Austria190419051954
AZE Azerbaijan199219941994
BLR Belarus198919921993
BEL Belgium189519041954
BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina194619961998
BUL Bulgaria192319241954
CRO Croatia191219921993
CYP Cyprus193419481962
CZE Czech Republic190119071954
DEN Denmark188919041954
ENG England186319051954
EST Estonia192119231992
FRO Faroe Islands197919881990
FIN Finland190719081954
FRA France1919[n 1]1904[n 2]1954
GEO Georgia199019921992
GER Germany190019041954
GIB Gibraltar189520162013
GRE Greece192619271954
HUN Hungary190119061954
ISL Iceland1947[n 3]19471954
ISR Israel[n 4]192819291994[n 5]
ITA Italy189819051954
KAZ Kazakhstan[n 6]199419942002
KOS Kosovo200820162016
LVA Latvia192119221992
LIE Liechtenstein193419741974
LTU Lithuania192219231992
LUX Luxembourg190819101954
MLT Malta190019591960
MDA Moldova199019941993
MNE Montenegro193120072007
NED Netherlands188919041954
MKD North Macedonia192619941994
NIR Northern Ireland188019111954
NOR Norway190219081954
POL Poland1919[n 7]19231954
POR Portugal191419231954
IRL Republic of Ireland192119231954
ROU Romania190919231954
RUS Russia191219121954
SMR San Marino193119881988
SCO Scotland187319101954
SRB Serbia191919231954
SVK Slovakia193819941993
SVN Slovenia192019921992
ESP Spain190919041954
SWE Sweden190419041954
SUI  Switzerland189519041954
TUR Turkey192319231962
UKR Ukraine199119921992
WAL Wales187619101954
Notes
  1. Founded as Comité Français Interfédéral in 1907, a predecessor to the current federation.
  2. The current French FA, the French Football Federation (in its previous incarnation, the Comité Français Interfédéral), replaced the USFSA in 1907.
  3. Icelandic top-flight club football dates back to 1912 or 35 years prior to founding of KSI, All titles pre-1947 are recognized by KSI
  4. Former member of the Asian Football Confederation (1954–1974), joined UEFA as several AFC teams refused to play against them. See also Foreign relations of Israel and International recognition of Israel.
  5. Israel had been an associated member of UEFA since 1992, therefore Israeli clubs were entitled to take part in the 1992–93 and 1993–94 UEFA club competitions despite Israel not being a full UEFA member.
  6. Former member of the Asian Football Confederation (1994–2002), joined UEFA.
  7. Founded as Związek Polski Piłki Nożnej (part of the disintegrated Austrian Football Union) in 1911, a predecessor to the current federation.

Former members

Non-members

There are several national teams within Europe that are not members of UEFA. Many of them are instead affiliated with CONIFA.

Competitions

UEFA continental competitions
Main article: UEFA competitions

UEFA runs official international competitions in Europe and some countries of Northern, Southwestern and Central Asia for national teams and professional clubs, known as UEFA competitions, some of which are regarded as the world's most prestigious tournaments.

UEFA is the organiser of two of the most prestigious competitions in international football: The UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League. The main competition for men's national teams is the UEFA European Championship (also known as the Euro), started in 1958, with the first finals in 1960, and known as the European Nations Cup until 1964. The UEFA Nations League is the second tournament of UEFA and was introduced in 2018. The tournament largely replaced the international friendly matches previously played on the FIFA International Match Calendar. It will be played every two years.

UEFA also runs national competitions at Under-21, Under-19 and Under-17 levels. For women's national teams, UEFA operates the UEFA Women's Championship for senior national sides as well as Women's Under-19 and Women's Under-17 Championships.

World, Olympic, Intercontinental competitions

Beside continental European competitions for national and their junior teams, the UEFA organizes various qualification male and female tournaments among European national and their junior teams for World Cups (organized by FIFA) and Olympics (organized by IOC).

UEFA also organised the UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup with CAF for youth teams in an effort to boost youth football. UEFA launched the UEFA Regions' Cup, for semi-professional teams representing their local region, in 1999. In futsal there is the UEFA Futsal Championship and UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship. Despite the existence of UEFA's Futsal and Beach soccer committee, UEFA does not organise any beach soccer competitions. International and club beach soccer competitions for UEFA members are organised externally by Beach Soccer Worldwide.

The Italian, German, Spanish, French and Russian[11] men's national teams are the sole teams to have won the European football championship in all categories.

Club
Main article: List of UEFA club competition winners
UEFA member countries by club competition entry entitlements, 2009/10

The top-ranked UEFA competition is the UEFA Champions League, which started in the 1992/93 season and gathers the top 1–4 teams of each country's league (the number of teams depend on that country's ranking and can be upgraded or downgraded); this competition was re-structured from a previous one that only gathered the top team of each country (held from 1955 to 1992 and known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or simply the European Cup).

A second, lower-ranked competition is the UEFA Europa League. This competition, for national knockout cup winners and high-placed league teams, was launched by UEFA in 1971 as a successor of both the former UEFA Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (also begun in 1955). A third competition, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, which had started in 1960, was absorbed into the UEFA Cup (now UEFA Europa League) in 1999.

In December 2018, UEFA announced the creation of a third club competition, with a working title of Europa League 2 (UEL2) (The name was later decided as UEFA Europa Conference League) . The competition would feature 32 teams directly in 8 groups of 4, with a knockout round between the second placed teams in UEFA Europa Conference League and the third placed teams in the Europa League, leading to a final 16 knockout stage featuring the eight group winners. UEFA announced that the first edition of the competition begins in 2021.[12]

In women's football UEFA also conducts the UEFA Women's Champions League for club teams. The competition was first held in 2001, and known as the UEFA Women's Cup until 2009.

The UEFA Super Cup pits the winners of the Champions League against the winners of the Europa League (previously the winners of the Cup Winners' Cup), and came into being in 1973.[13][14][15]

The UEFA Intertoto Cup was a summer competition, previously operated by several Central European football associations, which was relaunched and recognised as official UEFA club competition by UEFA in 1995.[16] The last Intertoto Cup took place in 2008.

The European/South American Cup was jointly organised with CONMEBOL between the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores winners.[17]

Only five teams[18][19] (Juventus, Ajax, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Chelsea[20]) have won each of the three main competitions (European Cup/UEFA Champions League, European Cup Winners' Cup/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League),[21] a feat that is no longer possible for any team that did not win the Cup Winners' Cup. There are currently eight teams throughout Europe that have won two of the three trophies; all but one have won the Cup Winners' Cup, four require a win in the Champions League and four require a UEFA Europa League win.

Juventus of Italy was the first team in Europe—remaining the only one to date (2021)—to win all UEFA's official championships and cups[22] and, in commemoration of achieving that feat, have received The UEFA Plaque by the Union of European Football Associations on 12 July 1988.[23][24]

UEFA's premier futsal competition is the UEFA Futsal Cup, a tournament started in 2001 which replaced the former Futsal European Clubs Championship. This event, despite enjoying a long and well-established tradition in the European futsal community, dating back to 1984, was never recognised as official by UEFA.

Current title holders
Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
National teams (Men's)
European Championship 2016  Portugal 1st  France 2020
Nations League 2018–19  Portugal 1st  Netherlands 2020–21
U-21 Championship 2019  Spain 5th  Germany 2021
U-19 Championship 2019  Spain 11th  Portugal 2020
U-17 Championship 2019  Netherlands 4th  Italy 2020
Futsal Championship 2018  Portugal 1st  Spain 2022
U-19 Futsal Championship 2019  Spain 1st  Croatia 2021
National teams (Women's)
Women's Championship 2017  Netherlands 1st  Denmark 2022
Women's U-19 Championship 2019  France 5th  Germany 2020
Women's U-17 Championship 2019  Germany 7th  Netherlands 2020
Women's Futsal Championship 2019  Spain 1st  Portugal 2021
Club teams (Men's)
Super Cup 2020 Bayern Munich 2nd Sevilla 2021
Champions League 2019–20 Bayern Munich 6th Paris Saint-Germain 2020–21
Europa League 2019–20 Sevilla 6th Inter Milan 2020–21
Europa Conference League 2021–22
Youth League 2019–20 Real Madrid 1st Benfica 2020–21
Futsal Champions League 2018–19 Sporting CP 1st Kairat 2019–20
Club teams (Women's)
Women's Champions League 2019–20 Lyon 7th VfL Wolfsburg 2020–21

Titles by nation
Main article: UEFA club competition records and statistics
Nation Men Women Futsal Total
Euro League U21 U19 U17 Euro U19 U17 Men's Women's
 Spain3–5119–347143
 Germany[upper-alpha 1]3–263867––35
 France2–182–5–––18
 England––2102–1–––15
 Russia[upper-alpha 2]1–263–1–1–14
 Italy1–531–1–2–13
 Portugal11–46–––1–13
 Netherlands1–2–411–––9
 Sweden––1––13–––5
 Czech Republic[upper-alpha 3]1–111–––––4
 Serbia[upper-alpha 4]–-13––––––4
 Bulgaria–––3––––––3
 Hungary–––3––––––3
 Poland–––11––1––3
 Turkey–––12–––––3
 Austria–––2––––––2
 Denmark1–––––1–––2
 Norway–––––2––––2
 Republic of Ireland–––11–––––2
 Belgium–––1––––––1
 Greece1–––––––––1
 Romania–––1––––––1
 Scotland–––1––––––1
 Ukraine–––1––––––1
  1. Including East Germany and West Germany.
  2. Including the Soviet Union.
  3. Including Czechoslovakia.
  4. Including Yugoslavia.

Sponsors
UEFA national team competitions
UEFA Champions League

Note: The UEFA Champions League sponsors are also sponsors of the UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Women's Champions League and the UEFA Youth League (excluding Heineken, which is replaced by EA Sports's FIFA).

UEFA Europa League

FIFA world rankings
Highest Ranked UEFA member
in the men's FIFA World Rankings
  • Last updates:
    • Men's national teams – 19 December 2019[31]
    • Women's national teams – 12 July 2019[32]
Top men's national teams
Rankings are calculated by FIFA.		 — Top women's national teams
Rankings are calculated by FIFA.
UEFAFIFANationPoints+/-UEFAFIFANationPoints+/-
1 1  Belgium 1765 1 2  Germany 2059
2 2  France 1733 2 3  Netherlands 2037 5
3 4  England 1661 3 4  France 2029
4 6  Croatia 1642 4 5  England 2027 2
5 7  Portugal 1639 5 6  Sweden 2021 3
6 8  Spain 1636 6 12  Norway 1917
7 12   Switzerland 1608 7 13  Spain 1899
8 13  Italy 1607 8 14  Italy 1891 1
9 14  Netherlands 1604 9 15  Denmark 1839 2
10 15  Germany 1602 10 17  Iceland 1822 5
11 16  Denmark 1598 11 18   Switzerland 1815
12 17  Sweden 1579 12 19  Belgium 1813 1
13 19  Poland 1559 13 21  Austria 1793 2
14 22  Wales 1540 14 22  Scotland 1791 2
15 24  Ukraine 1537 15 24  Ukraine 1708
16 26  Austria 1507 16 25  Russia 1704
17 29  Turkey 1494 17 28  Czech Republic 1679 1
18 29  Serbia 1494 18 29  Poland 1675 1
19 32  Slovakia 1490 19 30  Portugal 1671
20 34  Republic of Ireland 1486 20 31  Finland 1668 1
21 36  Northern Ireland 1476 21 32  Wales 1667 1
22 37  Romania 1475 22 33  Republic of Ireland 1666 2
23 38  Russia 1470 23 42  Romania 1548 1
24 39  Iceland 1464 24 43  Serbia 1546
25 44  Norway 1451 1 25 45  Hungary 1525
26 45  Czech Republic 1446 26 47  Slovakia 1500 1
27 49  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1430 27 51  Slovenia 1453 1
28 50  Scotland 1422 28 54  Belarus 1446 1
29 52  Hungary 1416 29 55  Croatia 1440 1
30 54  Greece 1409 30 59  Northern Ireland 1420
31 58  Finland 1386 31 62  Turkey 1412 1
32 59  Bulgaria 1381 32 64  Israel 1392 1
33 64  Montenegro 1365 33 65  Greece 1376 2
33 64  Slovenia 1365 34 67  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1371 1
35 66  Albania 1356 35 73  Kazakhstan 1349 1
36 68  North Macedonia 1347 36 77  Azerbaijan 1345
37 87  Belarus 1280 37 78  Albania 1326 1
38 91  Georgia 1267 38 79  Bulgaria 1303 1
39 93  Israel 1260 39 85  Faroe Islands 1272 2
40 95  Cyprus 1251 40 93  Latvia 1228
41 98  Luxembourg 1236 41 96  Moldova 1219 1
42 102  Armenia 1213 42 98  Montenegro 1217 1
43 103  Estonia 1202 43 99  Estonia 1212
44 110  Faroe Islands 1181 44 102  Malta 1192 1
45 114  Azerbaijan 1177 45 106  Lithuania 1172 1
46 115  Kosovo 1174 46 112  Georgia 1143
47 118  Kazakhstan 1155 47 113  Luxembourg 1134
48 131  Lithuania 1089 48 117  Cyprus 1123 2
49 135  Andorra 1082 49 126  Kosovo 1059 3
50 137  Latvia 1082 50 127  North Macedonia 1053 3
51 175  Moldova 959 51 156  Andorra 749 3
52 180  Liechtenstein 926
53 184  Malta 919
54 196  Gibraltar 879
55 209  San Marino 824
  • * – Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked.

Major tournament records

Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  •  3rd  – Third place[wc 1]
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
  • R2 – Second round (for the 1974, 1978, and 1982 tournaments, which had two group stages)
  • R1 – Group stage (in the 1950, 1974, 1978, and 1982 tournaments, which had two group stages, this refers to the first group stage)
  • 1S – First Knockout Stage (1934–1938 Single-elimination tournament)
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  •     – Hosts

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

FIFA World Cup
Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup
See also: European nations at the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record
Team 1930

(13)		 1934

(16)		 1938

(15)		 1950

(13)		 1954

(16)		 1958

(16)		 1962

(16)		 1966

(16)		 1970

(16)		 1974

(16)		 1978

(16)		 1982

(24)		 1986

(24)		 1990

(24)		 1994

(24)		 1998

(32)		 2002


(32)		 2006

(32)		 2010

(32)		 2014

(32)		 2018

(32)		 2022

(32)		 2026



(48)		 Years
 Austria ×4th×[wc 2]×3rdR1
15th		ו••R2
7th		R2
8th		•R1
T-18th		•R1
23rd		••••• 7
 Belgium R1
11th		R1
15th		R1
13th		×R1
12th		•••R1
T-10th		••R2
10th		4thR16
11th		R16
11th		R1
19th		R16
14th		••QF
6th		3rd 13
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Part of Yugoslaviaו•••R1
20th		• 1
 Bulgaria ו•×••R1
15th		R1
15th		R1
13th		R1
12th		••R16
15th		•4thR1
29th		••••• 7
 Croatia Part of Yugoslavia×3rdR1
23rd		R1
22nd		•R1
19th		2nd 5
 Czech Republic[wc 3] ×2ndQF
5th		×R1
14th		R1
9th		2nd•R1
15th		••R1
19th		•QF
6th		•••R1
20th		••• 9
 Denmark ××××וו••••R16
9th		••QF
8th		R16
10th		•R1
24th		•R16
11th		 5
 East Germany[wc 3] Part of Germany×ו•••R2
6th		••••Part of Germany 1
 England ×××R1
8th		QF
6th		R1
11th		QF
8th		1stQF
8th		••R2
6th		QF
8th		4th•R16
9th		QF
6th		QF
7th		R16
13th		R1
26th		4th 15
 France R1
7th		R1
T-9th		QF
6th		•R1
11th		3rd•R1
T-13th		••R1
12th		4th3rd••1stR1
28th		2ndR1
29th		QF
7th		1st 15
 Germany[wc 3] ×3rdR1
10th		×1st4thQF
7th		2nd3rd1stR2
6th		2nd2nd1stQF
5th		QF
7th		2nd3rd3rd1stR1
22nd		 19
 Greece ו•×••••••••••R1
24th		•••R1
25th		R16
13th		• 3
 Hungary ×QF
6th		2nd×2ndR1
10th		QF
5th		QF
6th		••R1
15th		R1
14th		R1
18th		•••••••• 9
 Iceland ××××ו××ו••••••••••R1
28th		 1
 Israel[wc 4] ו••••••R1
12th		•••••••••••• 1
 Italy ×1st1stR1
7th		R1
10th		•R1
9th		R1
9th		2ndR1
10th		4th1stR16
12th		3rd2ndQF
5th		R16
15th		1stR1
26th		R1
22nd		• 18
 Netherlands ×R1
T-9th		R1
14th		×ו•••2nd2nd••R16
15th		QF
7th		4th•R16
11th		2nd3rd• 10
 Northern Ireland ××ו•QF
8th		•••••R2
9th		R1
21st		•••••••• 3
 Norway ××R1
12th		ו•••••••••R1
17th		R16
15th		••••• 3
 Poland וR1
11th		×ו•••3rdR2
5th		3rdR16
14th		•••R1
25th		R1
21st		••R1
25th		 8
 Portugal ו•••••3rd••••R1
17th		•••R1
21st		4thR16
11th		R1
18th		R16
13th		 7
 Republic of Ireland[wc 5] ו•••••••••••QF
8th		R16
16th		•R16
12th		•••• 3
 Romania R1
8th		R1
12th		R1
9th		ו•••R1
T-10th		••••R16
12th		QF
6th		R16
11th		••••• 7
 Russia[wc 6] ×××××QF
7th		QF
6th		4thQF
5th		••R2
7th		R16
10th		R1
17th		R1
18th		•R1
22nd		••R1
24th		QF
8th		 11
 Scotland ××ו•R1
15th		R1
14th		•••R1
9th		R1
11th		R1
15th		R1
19th		R1
T-18th		•R1
27th		••••• 8
 Serbia[wc 3] 4th[wc 7]••R1
5th		QF
7th		QF
5th		4th••R2
7th		•R1
16th		•QF
5th		×R16
10th		•R1
32nd		R1
23rd		•R1
23rd		 12
 Slovakia Part of Czechoslovakia•••R16
16th		•• 1
 Slovenia Part of YugoslaviaוR1
30th		•R1
18th		•• 2
 Spain ×QF
5th		×4th••R1
12th		R1
10th		••R1
10th		R2
12th		QF
7th		R16
10th		QF
8th		R1
17th		QF
5th		R16
9th		1stR1
23rd		R16
10th		 15
 Sweden ×QF
8th		4th3rd•2nd••R1
9th		R2
5th		R1
13th		••R1
21st		3rd•R16
13th		R16
14th		••QF
7th		 12
  Switzerland ×QF
7th		QF
7th		R1
6th		QF
8th		•R1
16th		R1
16th		••••••R16
15th		••R16
10th		R1
19th		R16
11th		R16
14th		 11
 Turkey ××ו•R1
9th		ו•••••••••3rd•••• 2
 Ukraine[wc 6] Part of Soviet Unionו•QF
8th		••• 1
 Wales ××ו•QF
6th		••••••••••••••• 1
Total (34 teams)4121361212101099101414141315151413131313TBD

Notes

  1. There was no Third Place match in 1930; The United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. FIFA recognizes the United States as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
  2. Austria qualified in 1938, but withdrew to play as part of Germany after being annexed.
  3. FIFA considers that the national team of Russia succeeds the USSR, the national team of Serbia succeeds Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro, the national team of Czech Republic succeeds Czechoslovakia, and the national team of Germany succeeds West Germany and East Germany.
  4. Israel competed as Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel) in 1934 and in 1938, with a team consisting exclusively of Jewish and British footballers from the Palestine Mandate.
  5. Republic of Ireland competed as the Irish Free State in 1934 and then as Ireland in 1938 and 1950.
  6. Russia's best result is quarter-finals in 2018. However, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.
  7. There was no official World Cup Third Place match in 1930; The USA and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. Currently, FIFA recognizes USA as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team, using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

FIFA Women's World Cup
Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team1991

(12)		1995

(12)		1999

(16)		2003

(16)		2007

(16)		2011

(16)		2015

(24)		2019

(24)		2023


(32)		Years
 Denmark QF
7th		QF
7th		R2
15th		•R2
12th		••• 4
 England •QF
6th		••QF
7th		QF
7th		3rd4th 5
 France •••R2
9th		•4thQF
5th		QF
 4
 Germany 4th2ndQF
8th		1st1stQF
6th		4thQF
 8
 Italy QF
6th		•R2
9th		••••QF
 3
 Netherlands ••••••R2
13th		2nd 2
 Norway 2nd1st4thQF
7th		4thR2
10th		R2
10th		QF
 8
 Russia וQF
5th		QF
8th		•••• 2
 Scotland •••••••R1
 1
 Spain ••••••R1
20th		R2
 2
 Sweden 3rdQF
5th		QF
6th		2ndR2
10–11		3rdR2
16th		3rd 8
  Switzerland ••••••R2
15th		• 1
Total (12 teams)556555891159

Olympic Games For Men
See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations
Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
Team1900

(3)		1904

(3)		1908

(6)		1912

(11)		1920

(14)		1924

(22)		1928

(17)		1936

(16)		1948

(18)		1952

(25)		1956

(11)		1960

(16)		1964

(14)		1968

(16)		1972

(16)		1976

(13)		1980

(16)		1984

(16)		1988

(16)		1992

(16)		1996

(16)		2000

(16)		2004

(16)		2008

(16)		2012

(16)		2016

(16)		2021

(16)		Years
 Austria–––6–––2=11=5––––––––––––––––– 4
 Belarus––––––––––––––––––––––––10–– 1
 Belgium3–––115=5––––––––––––––––4––– 5
 Bulgaria–––––10–––=1735–2––––––––––––– 5
 Czech Republic–––––––––––––––––––––14––––– 1
 Czechoslovakia––––99––––––29––1––Split into Slovakia and Czech Republic 5
 Denmark––2210–––3=5–2––6––––13–––––8– 9
 East Germany[ol 1]––––––––––––3–312––Merged with West Germany 4
 Estonia–––––=17––––––––––––––––––––– 1
 Finland–––4–––=9–=14––––––9–––––––––– 4
 France2–5–45=9–=5=17–9–7–5–1––5–––––q 13
 Germany[ol 2]–––7––=5=6–4=9–––5––53––––––2q 10
 Great Britain1–1111––=64=17=58––––––––––––5–– 10
 Greece––––13––––=17––––––––––––15–––– 3
 Hungary–––5–13–=9–1–3112–––––16–––––– 9
 Ireland–––––7––=17–––––––––––––––––– 2
 IsraelCompeted with Asia (qualified 2 times)––––––––––– 2
 Italy–––85631=5=9–4–––––44512535––– 15
 Latvia–––––16––––––––––––––––––––– 1
 Lithuania–––––=17––––––––––––––––––––– 1
 Luxembourg––––1211=9=9=9=9––––––––––––––––– 6
 Netherlands––3334=9–=9=17–––––––––––––7––– 8
 Norway–––97––3–=14–––––––10––––––––– 5
 Poland–––––=17–4–=9–10––12–––2––––––– 7
 Portugal––––––=5–––––––––––––4–14––6– 4
 Romania–––––14–––=17––5–––––––––––––q 4
 Russia–––10––––––––––––––––––––––– 1
 Serbia–––––––––––––––––––––––12––– 1
 Serbia and Montenegro––––––––––––––––––––––16Split into 2 nations 1
 Slovakia–––––––––––––––––––––13––––– 1
 Soviet Union–––––––––=91–––333–1–Split into 15 nations 6
 Spain––––2=17=5––––––6–1210––162––14–q 11
 Sweden––41163–=913––––––––66–––––15– 10
 Switzerland–––––2=9–––––––––––––––––13–– 3
 Turkey–––––=17=9=9=5=5–14––––––––––––––– 6
 Yugoslavia––––9=17=9–22216–––4310–Split into 7 nations 11
Total (36 teams)3061113181110101959656565555444444


Notes

  1. The East German team represented the United Team of Germany in 1964, winning the bronze medal.
  2. The team represented the United Team of Germany in 1956, and the Federal Republic of Germany (i.e., West Germany) in 1972, 1984 and 1988, and winning the bronze medal in 1988.

Olympic Games For Women
See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations 2
Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
Team 1996

(8)		 2000

(8)		 2004

(10)		 2008

(12)		 2012

(12)		 2016

(12)		 2021

(12)		 Years
 Denmark8–––––– 1
 France––––46– 2
 Germany5333–1– 5
 Great Britain––––5–q 2
 Greece––10–––– 1
 Netherlands––––––q 1
 Norway31–7––– 3
 Sweden664672q 7
Total (8 teams)4333333 22

UEFA European Championship
Main article: National team appearances in the UEFA European Championship
UEFA European Championship record
Team
(Total 34 teams)		 1960

(4)		 1964

(4)		 1968

(4)		 1972

(4)		 1976

(4)		 1980

(8)		 1984

(8)		 1988

(8)		 1992

(8)		 1996

(16)		 2000


(16)		 2004

(16)		 2008


(16)		 2012


(16)		 2016

(24)		 2020

(24)		 2024

(24)		 Years
 Albania × • • • × × • • • • • • • • GS • 1
 Austria • • • • • • • • • • • • GS • GS q 3
 Belgium × • • 3rd • 2nd GS • • • GS • • • QF q 6
 Bulgaria • • • • • • • • • GS • GS • • • 2
 Croatia Part of  Yugoslavia QF • GS QF GS R16 q 6
 Czech Republic[lower-alpha 3] 3rd • • • 1st 3rd • • • 2nd GS SF GS QF GS q 10
 Denmark • 4th • • • • SF GS 1st GS GS QF • GS • q 9
 England × • 3rd • • GS • GS GS SF GS QF • QF R16 q 10
 Finland × × • • • • • • • • • • • • • q 1
 France 4th • • • • • 1st • GS SF 1st QF GS QF 2nd q 10
 Germany[lower-alpha 4] × × • 1st 2nd 1st GS SF 2nd 1st GS GS 2nd SF SF q q 14 [lower-alpha 5]
 Greece • ×[lower-alpha 6] • • • GS • • • • • 1st GS QF • • 4
 Hungary • 3rd • 4th • • • • • • • • • • R16 3
 Iceland × • × × • • • • • • • • • • QF 1
 Italy × • 1st • • 4th • SF • GS 2nd GS QF 2nd QF q 10
 Latvia Part of  Soviet Union • • GS • • • • 1
 Netherlands × • • • 3rd GS • 1st SF QF SF SF QF GS • q 10
 Northern Ireland × • • • • • • • • • • • • • R16 1
 Norway • • • • • • • • • • GS • • • • 1
 Poland • • • • • • • • • • • • GS GS QF q 4
 Portugal • • • • • • SF • • QF SF 2nd QF SF 1st q 8
 Republic of Ireland • • • • • • • GS • • • • • GS R16 3
 Romania • • • • • • GS • • GS QF • GS • GS 5
 Russia[lower-alpha 7] 1st 2nd 4th 2nd • • • 2nd GS GS • GS SF GS GS q 12
 Scotland × × • • • • • • GS GS • • • • • 2
 Serbia[lower-alpha 8] 2nd • 2nd • 4th • GS • •×[lower-alpha 9] × QF • • • • 5
 Slovakia Part of  Czechoslovakia • • • • • R16 1
 Slovenia Part of  Yugoslavia • GS • • • • • 1
 Spain •×[lower-alpha 10] 1st • • • GS 2nd GS • QF QF GS 1st 1st R16 q 11
 Sweden × • • • • • • • SF • GS QF GS GS GS q 7
  Switzerland × • • • • • • • • GS • GS GS • R16 q 5
 Turkey • • • • • • • • • GS QF • SF • GS q 5
 Ukraine Part of  Soviet Union • • • • GS GS q 3
 Wales × • • • • • • • • • • • • • SF q 2

Notes

  1. pronounced [ynjɔ̃ dez‿asɔsjɑsjɔ̃ øʁɔpeɛn də futbol].
  2. pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪnɪɡʊŋ ɔʏʁoˈpɛːɪʃɐ ˈfuːsbalfɛɐ̯ˌbɛndə].
  3. Includes three appearances as Czechoslovakia
  4. Includes five appearances as West Germany
  5. Including UEFA Euro 2024 in which Germany is already qualified as host.
  6. Greece entered the 1964 competition, but later withdrew after refusing to play Albania.
  7. Includes five appearances as the Soviet Union and one as CIS
  8. Includes four appearances as Yugoslavia and one as FR Yugoslavia
  9. Does not include Euro 1992 qualification and disqualification due to international sanctions
  10. Spain refused to travel to the Soviet Union for their qualification match, so the Soviet Union qualified by walkover.

UEFA Women's Championship
See also: UEFA Women's Championship § Participation details
UEFA Women's Championship record
Team
(Total 18 teams)		 1984
(4)		 1987

(4)		 1989

(4)		 1991

(4)		 1993

(4)		 1995
(4)		 1997


(8)		 2001

(8)		 2005

(8)		 2009

(12)		 2013

(12)		 2017

(16)		 2021

(16)		 Years
 Austria × × × × × × • • • • • SF 1
 Belgium • • • • • • • • • • • GS 1
 Denmark SF • • 3rd 3rd • GS SF GS GS SF 2nd 9
 England 2nd 4th • • • SF • GS GS 2nd GS SF q 9
 Finland • • • • • • • • SF QF GS • 3
 France • • • • • • GS GS GS QF QF QF 6
 Germany • • 1st 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st QF 10
 Iceland • × × × • • • • • GS QF GS 3
 Italy SF 3rd 4th 4th 2nd • 2nd GS GS QF QF GS 11
 Netherlands • • • • • • • • • SF GS 1st 3
 Norway • 1st 2nd 2nd 1st SF GS SF 2nd SF 2nd GS 11
 Portugal • • • • • • • • • • • GS 1
 Russia × × × × • • GS GS • GS GS GS 5
 Scotland • • • × • • • • • • • GS 1
 Spain × • • • • • SF • • • QF QF 3
 Sweden 1st 2nd 3rd • • 2nd SF 2nd SF QF SF QF 10
  Switzerland • • • • • • • • • • • GS 1
 Ukraine Part of  Soviet Union × • • • • GS • • 1

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Team 1977

(16)		 1979

(16)		 1981

(16)		 1983

(16)		 1985

(16)		 1987

(16)		 1989

(16)		 1991

(16)		 1993

(16)		 1995

(16)		 1997

(24)		 1999

(24)		 2001

(24)		 2003

(24)		 2005

(24)		 2007

(24)		 2009

(24)		 2011

(24)		 2013

(24)		 2015

(24)		 2017

(24)		 2019

(24)		 2021

(24)		 Years
 Austria R1••R1•••••••••••4th•R1•R2•• 5
 Belgium ••••••••••R2••••••••••• 1
 Bulgaria ••••QFQF•••••••••••••••• 2
 Croatia •••R2•••••R1R2••• 3
 Czech Republic •••R1••R1•••••QFR1•2ndR2••••• 6
 East Germany •••••3rdR1• 2
 England ••4th•R1••R13rd•R2R1•R1••R1R2R1•1st• 11
 Finland ••••••••••••R1••••••••• 1
 France R1•••••••••QF•QF••••4th1st•R2R2 7
 Germany ••1st••2nd••R1R1•R1R2R1QF•QF••QFR2• 11
 Greece ••••••••••••••••••R2•••• 1
 Hungary R1R1••R1•••••R1•••••3rd••R2••• 6
 Italy R1•R1••QF••••••••QF•QF•••3rd4th 7
 Kazakhstan[33] •••R1••••••••••• 1
 Netherlands •••QF•••••R1••QF•QF••••••• 4
 Norway ••••••R1•R1••••••••••••R1 3
 Poland •4thR13rd•••••••••••R2•••••R2• 5
 Portugal •QF••••1st1stR13rd•R2•••R2•2ndR2QFQFR1 12
 Republic of Ireland ••••R1••R1••3rdR2•R2•••••••• 5
 Romania ••3rd•••••••••••••••••••• 1
 Russia 1st2nd•R14th•QF3rdQFQF•••••••••••• 8
 Scotland •••QF•QF•••••••••R1•••••• 3
 Serbia •R1•••1st•••••••••••••1st•• 3
 Slovakia ••••R2•••••••• 1
 Spain R1QFR1•2nd•R1QF•4thQF1st•2ndQFQFR2QFQF••• 15
 Sweden •••••••R1••••••••••••••• 1
  Switzerland ••••••••••••••R1••••••• 1
 Turkey ••••••••R1•••••R2•••R2••• 3
 Ukraine ••••R2•R2••••R2•1st 4
Total (29 teams)66666666656766766676565

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
See also: FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup § Comprehensive team results in each World Cup
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Team 2002

(12)		 2004

(12)		 2006

(16)		 2008

(16)		 2010

(16)		 2012

(16)		 2014

(16)		 2016

(16)		 2018

(16)		 2022[lower-alpha 1]

(16)		 Years
 Denmark QF•••••••• 1
 England QF••QFGS•GS•3rd 5
 Finland ••GS•••GS•• 2
 France GS•QF4thGS•3rd2nd4th 8
 Germany 3rd1stQF3rd1st2nd1stQFQF 10
 Italy •GS•••GS••• 2
 Netherlands ••••••••QF 2
 Norway •••GS•QF••• 2
 Russia •QFQF•••••• 2
 Spain •GS•••••QF2nd 4
 Sweden ••••QF••GS• 2
  Switzerland ••GS•GSGS••• 3
Total (12 teams)4454544454 43

Notes

  1. The 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, later postponed to 2021, was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

FIFA U-17 World Cup
Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Team 1985

(16)		 1987

(16)		 1989

(16)		 1991

(16)		 1993

(16)		 1995

(16)		 1997

(16)		 1999

(16)		 2001

(16)		 2003

(16)		 2005

(16)		 2007

(24)		 2009

(24)		 2011

(24)		 2013

(24)		 2015

(24)		 2017

(24)		 2019

(24)		 2021

(24)		 Years
 Austria ••••••R1•••••••R1••• 2
 Belgium •••••••••••R1•••3rd•• 2
 Croatia ••••••••R1•••••R1QF•• 3
 Czech Republic ••••QF••••••••R1•••• 2
 Denmark •••••••••••••R1•••• 1
 East Germany ••QF• 1
 England •••••••••••QF•QF•R11st• 4
 Finland •••••••••R1•••••••• 1
 France •QF••••••1st••QF•QF•R2R23rd 6
 Germany 2nd••QF•R14thR1•••3rdR23rd•R2QF• 10
 Hungary QF••••••••••••••••R1 2
 Italy R14th•R1R1•••••R1•QF•R2••QF 8
 Netherlands ••••••••••3rd•R1R1•••4th 4
 Poland ••••4th••R1•••••••••• 2
 Portugal ••3rd••QF•••QF•••••••• 3
 Russia •1st••••••••••••R2R2•• 3
 Scotland ••2nd••••••••••••••• 1
 Slovakia ••••••••••••••R2••• 1
 Spain •••2nd•R13rdR1R12nd•2nd3rd•••2ndQF 10
 Sweden ••••••••••••••3rd••• 1
  Switzerland ••••••••••••1st••••• 1
 Turkey ••••••••••4th•QF•••R1• 3
Total (22 teams) 3333333333356666555

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
See also: FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup § Comprehensive team results in each World Cup
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Team 2008

(16)		 2010

(16)		 2012

(16)		 2014

(16)		 2016

(16)		 2018

(16)		 2021

(16)		 Years
 Azerbaijan ••R1••• 1
 Denmark QF••••• 1
 England 4th•••QF• 2
 Finland •••••GS 1
 France R1•1st••• 2
 Germany 3rdQF4thGSQFQF 6
 Italy •••3rd•• 1
 Republic of Ireland •QF•••• 1
 Spain •3rd•2nd3rd1st 4
Total (9 teams)4333333 19

FIFA Futsal World Cup
Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA Futsal World Cup
FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Team 1989

(16)		1992

(16)		1996

(16)		2000

(16)		2004

(16)		2008

(20)		2012

(24)		2016

(24)		2021

(24)		Years
 AzerbaijanQF 1
 Belgium4thR2R2 3
 CroatiaR2 1
 Czech RepublicR2R1R2 3
 DenmarkR1 1
 HungaryR2 1
 ItalyR2R1R22nd3rd3rdR2 7
 KazakhstanR1R2q 3
 Lithuaniaq 1
 Netherlands2ndR2R2R2 4
 PolandR2 1
 Portugal3rdR2R1QF4thq 6
 RussiaR13rd4th4thQF2ndq 7
 SerbiaR2 1
 SpainR13rd2nd1st1st2nd2ndQFq 9
 Ukraine4thR2R2QFR2 5
Total (16 teams)666656777 56

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Team Beach Soccer World Championship record FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record Appearances
1995

(8)		 1996

(8)		 1997

(8)		 1998

(10)		 1999

(12)		 2000

(12)		 2001

(12)		 2002

(8)		 2003

(8)		 2004

(12)		 2005

(12)		 2006

(16)		 2007

(16)		 2008

(16)		 2009

(16)		 2011

(16)		 2013

(16)		 2015

(16)		 2017

(16)		 2019

(16)		 2021

(16)		 WC
/10		 FIFA
/11		 Years
/21
 Belarus • • • • • • • • • • × × × • • • • • • R1
11th		 0 1 1
 Belgium • • • • • • • • • R1
12th		 • • × × • × × × × × 1 0 1
 Denmark • R1
6th		 • • • • • • • • × × × × × × × × • × 1 0 1
 England 3rd • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • × 1 0 1
 France • • R1
7th		 2nd R1
11th		 R1
11th		 2nd R1
7th		 4th QF
5th		 1st 3rd 4th QF
8th		 • • • • • • 8 4 12
 Germany R1
5th		 • • • • R1
12th		 R1
12th		 • • R1
11th		 • • • • • • • • • • 4 0 4
 Italy 4th 3rd R1
5th		 R1
10th		 R1
9th		 QF
8th		 QF
8th		 R1
6th		 R1
6th		 4th • R1
15th		 R1
10th		 2nd QF
8th		 QF
5th		 • 4th 4th 2nd 10 8 18
 Netherlands R1
8th		 • • • • • • • • • • • × • • • R1
14th		 × • × 1 1 2
 Poland • • • • • • • • • • • R1
11th		 • • • • • • R1
15th		 • 0 2 2
 Portugal • • R1
6th		 R1
5th		 2nd QF
6th		 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 4th QF
8th		 3rd 3rd 3rd • 1st QF
8th		 1st 8 9 17
 Russia • R1
5th		 • • • • • • • • × • R1
9th		 QF
6th		 QF
7th		 1st 1st 3rd • 3rd q 1 8 9
 Spain • • • R1
6th		 QF
5th		 3rd QF
6th		 R1
6th		 2nd 2nd QF
7th		 R1
10th		 QF
7th		 4th QF
6th		 • 2nd R1
10th		 • • 7 7 14
  Switzerland • • • • • • • • • QF
8th		 • • • • 2nd R1
10th		 • QF
8th		 QF
5th		 QF
8th		 1 5 6
 Turkey • • • • • • R1
10th		 • • • • × • × • • • • • • 1 0 1
 Ukraine • • • • • • • • • • QF
6th		 • • • • R1
9th		 R1
12th		 • • × × 0 3 3
Total (15 teams)433445644745555545455

FIFA Confederations Cup
Main article: FIFA Confederations Cup records and statistics
See also: National team appearances in the FIFA Confederations Cup
FIFA Confederations Cup record
Team 1992

(4)		 1995

(6)		 1997

(8)		 1999

(8)		 2001


(8)		 2003

(8)		 2005

(8)		 2009

(8)		 2013

(8)		 2017

(8)		 Years
 Czech Republic × • 3rd • • • • • • • 1
 Denmark × 1st • • • • • • • • 1
 France × • • •• 1st 1st • • • • 2
 Germany × • •• GS • •• 3rd • • 1st 3
 Greece × • • • • • GS • • • 1
 Italy × • • • • •• • GS 3rd • 2
 Portugal × • • • • • • • • 3rd 1
 Russia × • • • • • • • • GS 1
 Spain × • • • • •• • 3rd 2nd • 2
 Turkey × • • • • 3rd • • • • 1
Total (10 teams)0111122223 15

Sanctions

Against associations
  • Lithuania, in 1990 sanctions were imposed due to the secession of the Lithuanian Football Federation from the Football Federation of the Soviet Union
  • FR Yugoslavia, in 1992–1998 sanctions were imposed due to the Bosnian War (as part of the Yugoslav Wars)

Against clubs
  • Albania, in 1967 special sanctions were imposed against 1966–67 Albanian Superliga due to its political background
  • England, in 1985–1991 sanctions were imposed against English association football clubs due to the Heysel Stadium disaster by suspending their participation in continental competitions for five years
  • Italy, in 1974–1975 sanctions were imposed against SS Lazio due to its fans, Italy was restricted from the European Cup to which Lazio qualified
  • Netherlands, in 1990–1991 sanctions were imposed against AFC Ajax due to its fans, the Netherlands were restricted from the European Cup to which Ajax qualified

Corruption and controversy

Dissatisfied fans across Europe have referred to the organisation as UEFA mafia, including in Russia's top league,[34] in Bulgaria's top league,[35] and in a Champions League group stage match held in Sweden.[36] The term has also been covered for its use outside of stadiums, for example during a protest in Kosovo outside an EU building following the Serbia v Albania (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying) match.[37]

Following the 2015 FIFA corruption case, the then-president of UEFA, Michel Platini, was also involved in the case. Swiss prosecutors accused FIFA president Sepp Blatter of making a "disloyal payment" of $2m (£1.6m) to Mr Platini. Swiss attorney general, Michael Lauber, stated: "We didn't interview Mr Platini as a witness, that's not true. We investigated against him in between as a witness and an accused person".[38][39] Both Platini and Sepp Blatter were banned from football-related activity. Platini appealed to Court of Arbitration for Sports, which lowered the six-year ban to four years. He further appealed to Swiss courts and the European Court of Human Rights but the courts rejected his appeals.[40]

In 2019 UEFA's decision to host Europa League Cup final in Baku, Azerbaijan left one of the finalists, Arsenal, with a decision to withdraw their Armenian player Henrikh Mkhitaryan out of the competition due to safety concerns.[41]

See also

Resolutions

Financial fair play

UEFA coefficient

UEFA presidents

Notes

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